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Monday, December 16, 2013 (La Posa South LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ)

Steve got up early this morning and immediately had to go outside to check the propane tanks. The beeping of the fridge had woken me around 1:30...telling us we were out of propane. Steve was surprised because he had both tanks open...can we really be completely out of propane? Yes, we were...that's a first! But I guess the furnace has been running a lot with the recent cold weather. There was still the barbecue propane tank, so he connected it...having to raise it up using blocks of wood since it is shorter than the trailer tanks. Whew...I can have my morning coffee after all!

Mid morning, we both headed out on a walk...we walked passed Bob and Sue's place...

This spot is all decorated for the Christmas Season...

That's our rig in the background...

Once home, Steve decided to try equalizing the trailer batteries...we have always been in a spot with electrical hook-ups when he has done this in the past, so this is the first time doing it strictly on solar power. Turns out he should have let the generator charge the batteries a lot longer as the shorter daylight hours couldn't complete the process.

I spent my day relaxing in my chair outside reading....yup, just loafing around! At 3:00 Steve decided to take all of our propane tanks into Quartzsite for filling...I stayed behind...in my chair reading!

Once the sun went down behind the mountain, we headed inside...there was another beautiful sunset.

Shortly after 7:00, Earl and Allison (and Abbey) came over for an evening of playing marbles. A few hours later...and 5 games later, we called it an evening. Tonight, we all shared in the winning...Allison, Steve and I each won one game...and Earl won 2. Another good games night!

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We married in 1982 and our sons, Rob and Chris were born in 1983 and 1985. In 1990 we built our dream home in North Saanich just north of Victoria BC on 1.21 acres. We both had long careers, Dianne in Human Resources and Steve as Branch Manager for a controls systems wholesaler.
Steve always felt that there were no guarantees in life as far as health and mortality went, so we planned to retire early and RV full-time.
In late 2009 we began the build process on our custom Toy Hauler truck, taking delivery in early 2010. We moved into our new Montana 5th wheel in Feb 2010, living in it for 4 months while still working. In May 2010 we purchased 2 Yamaha Grizzly 550 ATVs. We're ready!
Just shy of our 55th birthdays, on June 25, 2010 we retired and started our life as gypsies.
We prefer dry camping (boondocking), getting as far away from civilization as possible. However, our size limits us from getting into all of those remote areas. Good thing we have the ATVs to explore with.